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London England [22]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Sydney New South Wales [15]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [12]

Southport, Lancashire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Leicester [10]

London, Middlesex [10]

Adelaide South Australia [9]

Plymouth, Devon [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Nottingham [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Leicester, Leicestershire [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Coventry, Warwickshire [6]

Hastings, Sussex [6]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Wigan, Lancashire [6]

Dartmouth, Devon [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Newport, Monmouthshire [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Islington, London [4]

Plymouth, Devon, England [4]

Poole, Dorset [4]

Southampton [4]

Walworth, London [4]

Andover, Hampshire [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Tavistock, Devon [3]

Warwickshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Worthing, Sussex [3]

Rank

Private [3091]

Gunner [360]

Driver [247]

Serjeant [231]

Corporal [229]

Sapper [189]

Lance Corporal [120]

Second Lieutenant [113]

Captain [56]

Acting Corporal [52]

Acting Serjeant [47]

Lieutenant [39]

Pioneer [39]

Bombardier [32]

Major [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Rifleman [18]

Able Seaman [13]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Worker [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Guardsman [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Drummer [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Trooper [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [381]

Royal Engineers [373]

Royal Field Artillery [363]

Army Service Corps [298]

Royal Garrison Artillery [232]

London Regiment [167]

Machine Gun Corps [143]

Royal Army Medical Corps [140]

Liverpool Regiment [139]

Royal Fusiliers [115]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [114]

Devonshire Regiment [103]

Leicestershire Regiment [97]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86]

Cheshire Regiment [81]

Middlesex Regiment [80]

Gloucestershire Regiment [79]

Hampshire Regiment [75]

Manchester Regiment [74]

Lancashire Fusiliers [72]

South Staffordshire Regiment [72]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

North Staffordshire Regiment [70]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [68]

West Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Durham Light Infantry [56]

South Lancashire Regiment [56]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Lincolnshire Regiment [49]

Somerset Light Infantry [47]

West Riding Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [45]

Yorkshire Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [42]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [42]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41]

Royal Naval Division [41]

Welsh Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

The Queen's Regiment [36]

Dorsetshire Regiment [35]

Canadian Infantry [34]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [33]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [31]

Tank Corps [30]

Service

British Army [4657]

Royal Navy [510]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [364]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [350]

Australian Imperial Force [199]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [6221]

A [2]

L [2]

S [2]

W [2]

C [1]

D [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6109]

Merchant Navy [72]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [146]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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London England [22] Melbourne Victoria [16] Sydney New South Wales [15] Bristol, Gloucestershire [12] Southport, Lancashire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Leicester [10] London, Middlesex [10] Adelaide South Australia [9] Plymouth, Devon [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Nottingham [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Leicester, Leicestershire [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] Coventry, Warwickshire [6] Hastings, Sussex [6] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Wigan, Lancashire [6] Dartmouth, Devon [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Newport, Monmouthshire [5] Battersea, London [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Islington, London [4] Plymouth, Devon, England [4] Poole, Dorset [4] Southampton [4] Walworth, London [4] Andover, Hampshire [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Kensington, London [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3] Ormskirk, Lancashire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Tavistock, Devon [3] Warwickshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Worthing, Sussex [3]

Rank

Private [3091] Gunner [360] Driver [247] Serjeant [231] Corporal [229] Sapper [189] Lance Corporal [120] Second Lieutenant [113] Captain [56] Acting Corporal [52] Acting Serjeant [47] Lieutenant [39] Pioneer [39] Bombardier [32] Major [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Rifleman [18] Able Seaman [13] Colour Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Worker [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Guardsman [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Drummer [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Trooper [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [381] Royal Engineers [373] Royal Field Artillery [363] Army Service Corps [298] Royal Garrison Artillery [232] London Regiment [167] Machine Gun Corps [143] Royal Army Medical Corps [140] Liverpool Regiment [139] Royal Fusiliers [115] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [114] Devonshire Regiment [103] Leicestershire Regiment [97] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86] Cheshire Regiment [81] Middlesex Regiment [80] Gloucestershire Regiment [79] Hampshire Regiment [75] Manchester Regiment [74] Lancashire Fusiliers [72] South Staffordshire Regiment [72] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] North Staffordshire Regiment [70] King's Royal Rifle Corps [68] West Yorkshire Regiment [58] Durham Light Infantry [56] South Lancashire Regiment [56] Rifle Brigade [55] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Lincolnshire Regiment [49] Somerset Light Infantry [47] West Riding Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [45] Yorkshire Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [42] Royal Berkshire Regiment [42] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41] Royal Naval Division [41] Welsh Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Suffolk Regiment [36] The Queen's Regiment [36] Dorsetshire Regiment [35] Canadian Infantry [34] Royal Lancaster Regiment [33] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [31] Tank Corps [30]

Service

British Army [4657] Royal Navy [510] Canadian Expeditionary Force [364] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [350] Australian Imperial Force [199] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [6221] A [2] L [2] S [2] W [2] C [1] D [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6109] Merchant Navy [72] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [146] India [3] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

John James Ball

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3849 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Ball

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 19717 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 43047 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 43047 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank Elma Ball

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183152

Canadian Expeditionary Force Army Service Corps 14th

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183152 Private Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion

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Charles Edward Ball

Died 1916

British Army SD/3521 Lance Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 3521 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/3521 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Albert Ball

Born 1898

British Army 43627 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 2971 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 2/9th Reserve, 44th Provisional Battalion

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Edwin George Ball

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75403 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Catherine Ball

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment 104th Nottinghamshire

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister Voluntary Aid Detachment

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George Ball

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 12672 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Stanley Williams Ball

Born 1898

Died 1989

British Army 675209 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 87th Battery RFA

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George Harry Ball

Born 1883

British Army 151570 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army R.G.A. Signal Battery

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Alfred Job Ball

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 26206 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Wilfred Ball

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 98487 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Harold Ball

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 211 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 211 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 211 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 9th

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Walter William Ball

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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George Ball

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 200684 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial.

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Jonah Ball

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 7341 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 7341 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Laurence Ball

Born 1884

Died 1929

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert Ball

Born 1881

British Army 6865 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6865 Drummer South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Hewitt Ball

Died 1918

British Army 324794 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 50490 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edwin Joshua Ball

Died 1918

British Army 20470 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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